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Aborigine Study Suggests Body Mass Index Guidelines Should Be Lower To Block Diabetes
The recommended upper limit of a healthy body mass index (BMI) -- the term doctors and others use to indicate how much people weigh for how tall they are -- might need to be revised downward to protect people from becoming glucose intolerant or developing type 2 diabetes, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study suggests.
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Tobacco Money -- Up In Smoke?
Dartmouth Medical School and Veterans Affairs physicians criticize the $10 million research program financed mainly by New York's tobacco settlement fund in The Lancet 15 June 2002. The program investigates whether spiral computed tomography (CT) could be used for effective lung cancer screening. more
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Study Shows How Fish Oil Nutrients Reduce Colon Cancer Risk
For years, scientists have recognized that nutrients known as omega-3 fatty acids, which are commonly found in fish oil, offer significant protection against colon cancer. Now, researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) have figured out how these compounds keep the colon cancer-free -- a discovery that may also have implications for prevention and treatment of many other kinds of cancer. more
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New Imaging To Help Catch And Treat Arthritis Early
Early detection of arthritis may soon be possible in doctor's offices with new compounds that "light up" joint cartilage in magnetic resonance imaging, according to Gerald Rosen, research professor at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute. more
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Protein Discovered That Keeps Hemoglobin In Balance
Hematology researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have discovered a gene and its associated protein that may have major implications for red blood cell formation, specifically for hemoglobin, which carries oxygen in red blood cells. Understanding how this protein functions may eventually lead to novel treatments for the hemoglobin-related blood disease, thalassemia. more
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